Boston City Council elections were held on November 2, 1999. Eleven seats (seven district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents for districts 1 and 2 ran unopposed. Ten seats (six districts and the four at-large members) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 21, 1999.
At-large Councillors Francis Roache, Stephen J. Murphy, and Peggy Davis-Mullen were re-elected. Councillor Dapper O'Neil, a member of the council since 1971, lost his seat to Michael F. Flaherty.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Francis Roache (incumbent) 21.648 19.1 30,271 18.1 Stephen J. Murphy (incumbent) 19,623 17.3 27,515 16.4 Peggy Davis-Mullen (incumbent) 16,198 14.3 26,468 15.8 Michael F. Flaherty 14,422 12.7 26,377 15.8 Dapper O'Neil (incumbent) 17,237 15.2 24,636 14.7 Gregory B. Timilty 10,876 9.6 16,068 9.6 Joseph Mulligan III 6.111 5.4 10,0126.0 Andrea Morrell 3,338 2.9 6,093 3.6 Daniel Kontoff 2,004 1.8 John Hugo 1,790 1.6
District 1 Councillor Paul Scapicchio ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 2 Councillor James M. Kelly ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 3 Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Maureen Feeney (incumbent) 4,772 80.7 John M. Comerford 1,142 19.3
District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Charles Yancey (incumbent) 1,166 79.0 2,243 82.4 Vikki Middleton 247 16.7 479 17.6 J. R. Rucker 63 4.3
District 5 Councillor Daniel F. Conley was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Daniel F. Conley (incumbent) 4,392 90.2 6,085 89.0 David Patrick 245 5.0 749 11.0 J. J. Devine Jr. 230 4.7
District 6 Councillor Maura Hennigan was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Maura Hennigan (incumbent) 3,455 43.3 6,023 54.5 John M. Tobin Jr. 2,559 32.1 5,034 45.5 Michael Rush 1,863 23.3 Edgar Williams 102 1.3
District 7 Councillor Gareth R. Saunders had announced in June 1999 that he would not seek re-election; his seat was won by Chuck Turner.
CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% Chuck Turner 1,153 2,419 Tracy Litthcut 590 1,726 Julio Henriquez 339 Roy A. Owens 314 Althea Garrison 282 Anthony Crayton 255 Hassan Ali Williams 122 Richard Masterson 115 Scotland Willis 70 Kenneth Yarbrough 65 Roger Garvin 51 Thelma Barros 47
District 8 Councillor Thomas M. Keane Jr. had announced in March 1999 that he would not seek re-election; his seat was won by Michael P. Ross, who defeated Suzanne Iannella, daughter of former council president Christopher A. Iannella and sister of former council member Richard P. Iannella.
CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% Michael P. Ross 851 2,793 Suzanne Iannella 985 2,384 Alana Murphy 656 Anthony Schinella 174 Carmen Torres 170 Lynda McNally 160
District 9 Councillor Brian Honan was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% Brian Honan 2,562 3,407 Rosie Hanlon 699 1,070 Aramis Camps 69
See also List of members of the Boston City Council
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